general information
- Total Area: 9,984,670 sq km
- Land Area: 9,093,507 sq km
- Water Area: 891,163 sq km
- Climate Description: varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
- Terrain Description: mostly plains with mountains in west, lowlands in southeast
- Arable Land Use: 4.7%
- Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.5%
- Irrigated Land: 8,700 s km
- Total Renewable Water Resources: 2,850 billion cubic meters
- Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 38.8 billion cubic meters
- Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 80,183 cubic meters
- Natural Hazards Description: continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development; cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains
volcanism: the vast majority of volcanoes in Western Canada's Coast Mountains remain dormant - Environmental Current Issues: metal smelting, coal-burning utilities, and vehicle emissions impacting on agricultural and forest productivity; air pollution and resulting acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging forests; ocean waters becoming contaminated due to agricultural, industrial, mining, and forestry activities
- Total Labor Force: 19.42 million
- % of Labor Force in Agriculture: 2%
- Agricultural Products Description: wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; fish; forest products